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Athletics High jump

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Great Britain
Career 1923 - 2025
Best year 1956
Total points 167
Best results 5x 2. Olympic Games
All-time rank
#8
10-year rank
#13

Ranking Development

Points distribution

Contests

YearContestDisciplineCategoryPositionPointsName
1925 World record - improvement High jump Women 1 8 Phyllis Green
1956 World record - improvement High jump Women 1 8 Thelma Hopkins
1923 World record - improvement High jump Women 1 8 Sophie Eliott-Lynn
1951 World record - improvement High jump Women 1 8 Sheila Lerwill
1939 World record - improvement High jump Women 1 8 Dorothy Tyler-Odam
1940 World record - annual holding High jump Women 1 1 Dorothy Tyler-Odam
1924 World record - annual holding High jump Women 1 1 Sophie Eliott-Lynn
1953 World record - annual holding High jump Women 1 1 Sheila Lerwill
1952 World record - annual holding High jump Women 1 1 Sheila Lerwill
1926 Own WR improvement High jump Women 1 4 Phyllis Green
1960 Olympic Games High jump Women 2 12 Dorothy Shirley
1936 Olympic Games High jump Women 2 12 Dorothy Tyler-Odam
1956 Olympic Games High jump Women 2 12 Thelma Hopkins
1952 Olympic Games High jump Women 2 12 Sheila Lerwill
1948 Olympic Games High jump Women 2 12 Dorothy Tyler-Odam
1967 European Indoor Championships High jump Women 2 2 Linda Knowles
1958 European Championship High jump Women 3 1 Dorothy Shirley
1950 European Championship High jump Women 1 4 Sheila Lerwill
1971 European Championship High jump Women 2 2 Barbara Inkpen
1950 European Championship High jump Women 2 2 Dorothy Tyler-Odam
1962 European Championship High jump Women 3 1 Linda Knowles
1954 European Championship High jump Women 1 4 Thelma Hopkins
2025 Diamond League High Jump Women 3 3 Morgan Lake
1998 Commonwealth Games High jump Women 2 2 Joanne Jennings
1986 Commonwealth Games High jump Women 3 1 Janet Boyle
1938 Commonwealth Games High jump Women 1 3 Dorothy Tyler-Odam
1966 Commonwealth Games High jump Women 2 2 Dorothy Shirley
2014 Commonwealth Games High jump Women 2 2 Isobel Pooley
1974 Commonwealth Games High jump Women 1 3 Barbara Lawton
1990 Commonwealth Games High jump Women 2 2 Janet Boyle
1982 Commonwealth Games High jump Women 3 1 Barbara Simmonds
1954 Commonwealth Games High jump Women 2 2 Dorothy Tyler-Odam
2006 Commonwealth Games High jump Women 2 2 Julie Crane
1954 Commonwealth Games High jump Women 1 3 Thelma Hopkins
1986 Commonwealth Games High jump Women 2 2 Sharon McPeake
1970 Commonwealth Games High jump Women 3 1 Moira Walls
1950 Commonwealth Games High jump Women 2 2 Bertha Crowther
2002 Commonwealth Games High jump Women 2 2 Susan Jones
1994 Commonwealth Games High jump Women 3 1 Debbie Marti
1950 Commonwealth Games High jump Women 1 3 Dorothy Tyler-Odam
1970 Commonwealth Games High jump Women 2 2 Ann Wilson
2018 Commonwealth Games High jump Women 2 2 Morgan Lake
1938 Commonwealth Games High jump Women 2 2 Dora Gardner
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